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"Hope is the thing with feathers

It's a lovely lifestyle

Artist's narrative: A solitary power troller plies his trade on a quiet evening near West Rock

So let’s take a vote

"Traveling Light"

TRANSCENDENT local author "Hope is the thing withOpen edition print by Alaskan artist V Rae Image size: 12" x 16" Artist narrative: I made the nervous transition from Realism, to what I call Freestyle Expressions, when I began to sense the ineffable in every expression of nature I wanted to paint. Ineffable means too great, powerful and beautiful to be expressed. So it wasnt long until my composition moved from controlling definition to awe of the ineffable. In sports, freestyle pushes the envelope